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High severity8.6NVD Advisory· Published Feb 14, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-50927

CVE-2023-50927

Description

Contiki-NG is an open-source, cross-platform operating system for Next-Generation IoT devices. An attacker can trigger out-of-bounds reads in the RPL-Lite implementation of the RPL protocol in the Contiki-NG operating system. This vulnerability is caused by insufficient control of the lengths for DIO and DAO messages, in particular when they contain RPL sub-option headers. The problem has been patched in Contiki-NG 4.9. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should manually apply the code changes in PR #2484.

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  • Xwiki Contrib/Contiki Ng.3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:contiki-ng:contiki-ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:contiki-ng:contiki-ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <4.9
    • (no CPE)range: <4.9
    • (no CPE)range: < 4.9

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